The film is a skillful blend of mystery, romance, suspense, and hard boiled detective/film noirgenre elements - especially embodied inThe Maltese Falcon (1941)(by director John Huston who acts in this film) andThe Big Sleep (1946)...These guys disappeared from prison...Reds jailed them when they took over Hong Kong." On a hunch, the cops proceeded to LA Harbor, an area known as a foreign trade zone, where "shady deals" with the Chinese military often occurred, especially deals involving a "corrupt Chinese general.The marathon tribute showing of a series of Blanche Hudson films was interrupted by an announcer (Michael Fox) for a commercial break for Iliad dog food...":There is unrest in the GalacticSenate.Several thousand solarsystems have declared theirintentions to leave the Republic.This separatist movement,under the leadership of themysterious Count Dooku, hasmade it difficult for the limitednumber of Jedi Knights tomaintain peace and order inthe galaxy.